Trial | Contributor Funding sources |
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Pasture managementTo discuss how to achieve a dense medic dominant pasture. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Walpeup VIC |
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Coming out of a drought - management of pastures and sheepTo answer the question 'What if there is no break until June or July?' |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Berriwillock VIC |
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Livestock options available to Mallee farmers if a late break occurs in 1995To address a number of issues when there is a clear indication that an April break is not going to occur. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Feeding strategies for autumn pasture savingTo investigate whether higher fertiliser rates profitably produced greater amounts of better quality pasture than when district average fertiliser rates are used. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1995 | Walpeup VIC |
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Farming systems 2001 pasture and livestock dataTo compare the profitability of four different farming systems. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Birchip VIC |
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Farming systems 2001 production reportTo report on the BCG Farming Systems project in 2001. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Birchip VIC |
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Farming Systems TrialTo report on the Farming Systems trial. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2000 | Birchip VIC |
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More sheep for the southern Mallee?To investigate the potential for using oats to increase fodder production over the early part of winter, thereby reducing the risk of running out of feed. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2000 | Birchip VIC |
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Farming Systems 2002 production reportTo present results from BCG's Farming Systems trials. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2002 | Jil JIl VIC |
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Farming Systems 2003 livestock reportTo update information on livestock ad the Farming Systems site. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2003 | Birchip VIC |
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Farming systems 2003 production report and economic summaryTo report on the Farming Systems trial 2003. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2003 | Birchip VIC |
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Evaluation of dual purpose cereal varietiesTo assess dual purpose wheat, triticale and oat varieties for dry matter production, recovery from grazing and grain yield. |
Southern Farming Systems
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2004 | Riccarton (Campbell Town) TAS |
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Grazing trials - winter wheat
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Southern Farming Systems
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2004 | Inverleigh VIC |
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Sheep, crops and a month in springTo reflect on sheep, crops and a month in spring. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2004 | Birchip VIC |
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Assessing the benefits of dual purpose cerealsTo assess the grazing and grain potential of both MacKellar winter wheat and Yerong barley. |
Southern Farming Systems
GRDC |
2005 | Inverleigh VIC |
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Better grazing systemsThe aim of better grazing systems in the low rainfall wheat/sheep zone should be to increase pasture returns without negative effects on the cropping phase. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2005 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Boosting winter production of lucerne break crops with cerealsTo examine if winter cereals can be successfully sown into exiting lucerne stands to lift winter production but without compromising lucerne production the following summer. |
Southern Farming Systems
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2005 | Woorndoo VIC |
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Dual purpose cerealsTo discuss the integration of livestock into the cropping program. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2005 | Marnoo VIC |
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Early sown (March) wheat and triticale - effect of cuttingThe aim of this trial was to determine the effect of grazing (cutting) on grain yield of early sown wheat and triticale in comparison with uncut treatments. |
Southern Farming Systems
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2005 | Nile TAS |
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Grazing comparison of improved pasturesTo demonstrate the growth rates and carrying capacities of new pasture species and to show options available for improving pasture productivity. |
Liebe Group
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2005 | Dalwallinu WA |
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The impact on livestock, grain yield and stubble mass from grazing cereals in winterTo examine the livestock benefits and impacts on cereal yield and stubble aftermath by grazing. |
Southern Farming Systems
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2005 | Ceres VIC |
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Dual purpose cereal variety evaluationTo evaluate a number of dual purpose wheat varieties at two different sowing times. |
Southern Farming Systems
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2006 | Bairnsdale VIC |
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Effect of fodder cuts on grain yield of early sown wheat and triticaleTo examine the effect of fodder cuts on grain yield of early sown wheat and triticale – Perth Tasmania |
Southern Farming Systems
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2006 | Perth TAS |
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Effect of grazing at different growth stages on the grain yield, quality and stubble mass of Yerong barleyTo examine the impact grazing at different stages of growth would have on dry matter, grain yield and stubble yield post harvest. |
Southern Farming Systems
NLP |
2006 | Ceres VIC |
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Effect of grazing on the grain yield and quality of seven cerealsTo quantify the drymatter potential of seven long season cereal crops before stem elongation is reached and to determine the impact on grain yield if heavy grazing occurs at GS31. |
Southern Farming Systems
NREP |
2006 | Inverleigh VIC |
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Farming Systems TrialTo report on the Farming Systems trial 2006. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2006 | Birchip VIC |
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Grain & Graze: pasture cropping subprogramTo determine the success of Pasture Cropping for different starting pasture compositions and crop sequences (i.e. the difference betweencropping year-after-year compared to doing it once) in comparison to No Till cropping and pasture treatments. Success will be assessed by the profitability of the crop, the grazing value of the pasture, perennial grass recruitment and resource condition.
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Central West Farming Systems
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2006 | Condobolin NSW |
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Grain & Graze: whole farm feed supply - grazing days/season/pasture typeTo understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply. |
Liebe Group
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2006 | East Wubin WA |
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Grazing cerealsTo search for greater profit and improved management of feed gaps and pastures, which are incentives for grazing cereals. |
Central West Farming Systems
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2006 | Minnipa SA |
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Saltbush alley farming trial at CondobolinTo draw on this previous work and is testing a ‘best bet’ approach to incorporating OMSB into wheat belt farming systems in NSW. |
Central West Farming Systems
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2006 | Condobolin NSW |
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Applying the results from the farming systems trial 2000-07, to your farm in 2008To consider how the system choices in the BCG farming systems trial over the past eight years would play out with likely 2008 prices, and to highlight some of the consistent lessons that can be applied on-farm, to farming systems change in 2008. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2007 | Jil JIl VIC |
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Designing a stubble system to reduce the dependence on burningThe key aims of this project have been to develop agronomic guidelines and seeding technology solutions to allow for increased stubble retention practices, thereby reducing the dependence on burning. |
Southern Farming Systems
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2007 | Penshurst VIC |
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Determining optimal lamb stocking rates for grazing of dual purpose wheatThe aim of this study was to determine the optimal animal production and economic stocking rate for lambs grazing dual purpose wheat crops over winter and to assess the effects of different stocking rates and grazing intensity on subsequent plant growth and final |
Southern Farming Systems
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2007 | Cressy TAS |
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Dual purpose cereals
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Liebe Group
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2007 | Badgingarra Research Station WA |
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Dual purpose cereals
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Liebe Group
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2007 | Xantippe WA |
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Farmer experiences with grazing winter cerealsThe Grain and Graze program was keen to test the findings from extensive trial work with a group of farmers to see if the theories of grazing cereals provided the desired response under a range of conditions and farming situations. The financial gain from the exercise was also calculated. |
Southern Farming Systems
NLP |
2007 | Inverleigh VIC |
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Grain & Graze: whole farm feed supply - grazing days/season/pasture typeTo understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply. |
Liebe Group
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2007 | Pithara WA |
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Impact of grazing at different growth stages on dry matter, grain and stubble of two wheat varieties
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Southern Farming Systems
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2007 | Mininera VIC |
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Increased management flexibility with late grazing of dual purpose wheat under irrigationThe aim of this trial was to determine potential grain yield loss from a late grazing (cutting) relative to the increased grazing production. |
Southern Farming Systems
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2007 | Epping Forest TAS |
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Optimal plant density and the effect of grazing on grain yield of early sown wheatTo compare grain yields of early sown wheat with grazed (cut) wheat sown at the same time and that sown at a more traditional time, May. A further aim was to compare a commercial plant density for dual purpose and grain‐only production with reduced rates comparable to that used for early sowing in the UK. |
Southern Farming Systems
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2007 | Epping Forest TAS |
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Evaluation of dual purpose cereal varieties• Which dual purpose varieties respond to Gippsland’s climatic conditions? |
Southern Farming Systems
NLP |
2008 | Bairnsdale VIC |
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Evaluation of dual purpose cereals for grazing and grain productionThe aims of this trial were to: |
Southern Farming Systems
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2008 | Longford TAS |
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The effect of sowing date on yield and grain quality of wheatTo assess the effect of sowing date on grain yield and quality for some recently released commercial lines along with some experimental lines that could be commercially available within the next 2 years. |
Southern Farming Systems
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2008 | Inverleigh VIC |
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Annual medic pastures at MACTo assess the role of annual medics as a break crop in a wheat-sheep mixed farming system, by measuring the biomass produced over the growing season followed by the retention of the pasture residue over the summer autumn period, then subsequently assessing the impact of the pasture in the following cereal phase in terms of yield and grain quality. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2009 | Minnipa SA |
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Barley agronomy, grazing and annual ryegrassTo compare the grain yield and quality of barley varieties with grazing and annual ryegrass (ARG). |
Hart Field Site Group
GRDC |
2009 | Hart SA |
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Barley for grazing and grainTo determine the effect grazing barley has on grain yield. |
West Midlands Group
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2009 | North Badgingarra WA |
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Barley grazing trialTo assess the effect of an early grazing on grain quality parameters. |
Southern Farming Systems
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2009 | Inverleigh VIC |
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Comparison of dual purpose wheat varieties for grazing and grain productionTo compare the new white wheat lines, Preston and H150.2, with Mackellar, Tennant and the new red wheat release, Revenue for dry matter (DM) production and quality, recovery |
Southern Farming Systems
GRDC |
2009 | Cressy VIC |
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EverGraze: more perennials, better livestock, healthier catchments
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Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
MLA |
2009 | Macgillivray |
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Grazing cereals - farmer demonstrationsTo assess the yield and grain quality effect of grazing on currently grown commercial cereal varieties via paddock scale demonstrations in the Rainbow district. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2009 | Rainbow VIC |
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